Grain-saving attachment for binders



May 4 1926. 1,583,131

, A. G. ENS

GRAIN SAVING ATTACHMENT FOR BINDERS Filed Dec. 31 1923 1 77' TOR/V5 YPatented May 4, 1926.

UNITED STATES ABRAHAM G. ENS, 0F BLUMENHOF, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

GRAIN-SAVING ATTACHMENT FOB BINDERS.

Application filed December 31, 1923. Serial No. 683,710.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM G. Ens, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada,and resident of Blumenhof, in the county of Moose Jaw and Province ofSaskatchewan, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Grain- Saving Attachments for Binders, of'which thefollowing is a specification. r

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in agrain saving attachment for a binder and has for its primary object theprovision of a simple attachment which may be readily applied deck 6,carries the trip hook 7 near its end to the compressor shaft, near thetrip hook to straighten the grain and prevent loss thereof while in thebinder.

I appreciate that there are a number of pertinent patents in the art ofa nature analogous to my present invention, intended for retaining cutgrain in alignment upon the grain deck of the binder until the sheaf isformed and properly tied. These devices, however, are inadequate, inthat they are fastened to the trip hook and when a quantity of grainbears thereagainst, the combined weight of the attachment and the graintrips the trip hook before the sheaf is completely formed.

To obviate the factors .subversive to the efficiency of this device, Imount my invention upon the compressor shaft of the binder and in axialalignment therewith so that very little additional leverage is appliedthereto, and in such a manner that it holds the grain in alignment withthe trip hook until the sheaf is completely formed and released. I I

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of anattachment of the character stated which may be applied to binders nowingeneral use without material alterations therein and which willmaterially increase the efliciency of operation of the binder byassuring a greater saving of the grain.

With the foregoing and other objectsin view, as will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction,combination and arrangement of co-operating elements as hereinafter mores ecifically set'forth, claimed and shown in the accompanying drawingsforming a. part of the present application, in whichi 1 Fig. 1 is afragmentary perspective view at a portion hinder of animations].

form, with the attachment appliedthereto.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary detail perspective of the compressor shaftcarrying the trip hook and showing the new attachment applied to thecompressor shaft.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail section,

substantially on the plane of line .33 of Fig. 2, looking in thedirection indicated by the arrows.

Referring more in detail to the drawings in which similar referencecharacters designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views, itwill be seen that the compressor shaft 5, working beneath the grain edinwardly from the edge of the grain deck 6, as shown in Fig. 1.

The present attachment, which is termed a grain saving attachment,comprises a curved hook or finger 12 which is pointed toward its freeupper end and works through a slot 13 provided in the grain table 6,parallel with the slot 11 and a suitable distance from the same, theslot 13 being somewhat shorter than the slot 11. The hook or finger 1.2of the attachment has its lower end secured on the side of thesupporting arm 14, at the free extremity thereof and a supporting arm 1ais extended at a right angle from the shaft extension rod 15. Byreferring to Figs. 2 and 3 it will be seen that the shaft extension rod15 has an enlarged end in the form of a socket 16, for removableengagement over one extremity of the compressor shaft 5, near the collar9 of the supporting arm 10 for the trip hook 7. A pin 17 or othersuitable means is'employed for fastening the socket 16 on the extremityof the shaft 5. When the pin 17 is employed, it is extended through thesocket 16 and the end of the shaft 5, as clearly shown in Fig. 8. Whenthe attachment is in proper position on the compressor shaft 5, the arm14 is parallel with the arm 10, so that the hook or finger 12 may workproperly through the slot 13, while the trip hook 7 works through theslot 11 of the grain table 6. I

It is believed the complete construction and operation of the attachmenthow be apparent from the foregoing paragraphs the attachment may bereadily applied to the compressor shaft and the slot 13 formed in thegrain deck 6 so as to permit the. hook or finger 12 to Work throughtheslot 13 and co-operate with the trip hook 7 as the latter orksthr'ouglrthe slot 11,- so as to keep the grain straight on 'thegraindeck 6 and prevent loss of the grain in the'binder. This is du'e'to thefact-that-the hook OI'fiDg-GI 12 works on the same shaft as the triphook 7 and engages the grain" near the headthereof, While 7 the trip"hook 7 f engages the grain stalks'near' the centre thereof, in the'nsuaimanner. This should beclearly apparent to parties familiar with binders;-Without further explanation.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been disclosed it isto be 1111- de rs'tood that minor changes in the details ofconstruction, coinhlnatlon and arrange ment of co-operating elements mayhe resorted to Within the scope of What is claimed, ithout departingfrom the spirit of the invention' What I claim as new is:

The combination With a grain deck, coinpressor shaft and trip hook of abinder, of a grain holding device including an exten sion for the bindercompressor shaft; an armex'tended at right-angles-froni the free end ofsaid extension; and'a finger carried upon said arm in spaced relation tothe binder trip hook and designed for co-opera-- tio'n therewith to keepthe grain in align ment upon the grain deck of the binder until thesheaf is formed and discharged.

In testimony whereof,- I- affiX my signature.

ABRAHAM G; ENS. [n s]

